My current development environment has to be the best configuration I’ve had to date in my development career. Here are some of the specifics:

HP EliteBook laptop (8730w)

2.4GHz Core 2 Duo 64-bit

6GB Memory

openSuse 11.1 64-bit

The move to Linux from Windows has been a huge plus, though not without its own challenges. But it’s not just the hardware and OS. Here are the tools that round out a highly productive development environment:Continue reading »